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Meilutyt\u0117 went on to win the title in 1:04.42 to add to the Olympic crown she&#8217;d made her own in London a year earlier. She also lowered the WR over 50m to 29.48 in semis before finishing second behind <strong>Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Since then she&#8217;s gone on to add four more titles &#8211; including the 50 at the last edition in Doha &#8211; among a further six medals. Following the 2024 worlds, Meilutyt\u0117 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ruta-meilutyte-undergoes-surgery-on-foot-injury-as-paris-beckons\/\">underwent foot surgery<\/a> less than five months before Paris 2024 where she finished 11th in semis in 1:06.89.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Danas Rap\u0161ys<\/strong> won his first global long-course medal in Doha where he finished second behind <strong>Hwang Sun-Woo<\/strong> in the 200 free. He then went on to finish joint fifth in Paris alongside <b>Lukas M\u00e4rtens.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The pair will be joined by European breaststroke medallists <strong>Andrius \u0160idlauskas<\/strong> and <strong>Kotryna Teterevkova<\/strong> with the latter also selected for the European U23 Championships in Samorin, Slovakia, from 26-28 June.<\/p>\n<h3>Lithuania squad for the World Championships, Singapore, 27 July-3 August<\/h3>\n<p>R\u016bta Meilutyt\u0117<\/p>\n<p>Danas Rap\u0161ys<\/p>\n<p>Andrius \u0160idlauskas<\/p>\n<p>Kotryna Teterevkova<\/p>\n<p>Mantas Kau\u0161p\u0117das<\/p>\n<p>Aleksas Savickas<\/p>\n<p>Justine Murdock<\/p>\n<p>Tajus Ju\u0161ka<\/p>\n<p>Tomas Navikonis<\/p>\n<p>Tomas Lukminas<\/p>\n<p>Kristupas Trepo\u010dka<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R\u016bta Meilutyt\u0117 &amp; Danas Rap\u0161ys Lead Lithuania Team To World Championships R\u016bta Meilutyt\u0117 spearheads an 11-strong Lithuania squad that will head to Singapore for the 2025 World Championships. 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